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Monday, March 3, 2014

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members or Friends ofHOLA who are getting acting, performance or similarly artistic gigs and/or recognition in the media. The names of HOLA members and Friends of HOLA are listed below in boldface. To see what other HOLA members are doing currently, click here.

Michael Díaz (also known by his nom de comédieJuan Bago), shown at right, was highlighted in a New York Daily News article which profiled his new webseries "Studio Heads", whose entire first season is available for viewing on Remezcla. To read the article, click here.

Pablo Andrade (see below) will be acting in the Karen Valecillos play Cuentos de guerra para dormir en paz. Directed by Jim Boerlin, the play will be presented in March as part of the IV Festival de Teatro Hispano del Comisionado at El Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. For more information, click here.Idalmis García, Elena Mohedano and Pablo Andrade (see above) will star in Lope de Vega's El loco por fuerza. Directed by Leyma López, the play also stars Zulema Clares, Antonio Rubio and Fermín Suárez and will
be presented in March as part of the IV Festival de Teatro Hispano del
Comisionado at El Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU in
Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.

Elaine Del Valle, shown at left, was interviewed by The Arts and Music blog regarding the webseries "Reasons Y (I'm Single)" and its recent webisode on the Academy Awards (and "ode to Luis Antonio Ramos"). To read the article and to see the most episode of "Reasons Y (I'm Single)", which she created, produces, directs, writes and stars, click here. For more information, click here or here.Barefoot Theatre Company is presenting a workshop presentation of the Mel Nieves play In Da Boogie Down.
Featuring the poetry of Craig (muMs) Grant and directed (and co-developed) by Paula
Pizzi-Black, the presentation is part of that theater company's renowned
bareNaked Reading Series and will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2014
at the WestBeth Community Room in Manhattan's West Village. For more
information, click here, here or here.

If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?